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The last day of Hannukah, December 16th, was a very special day at Congregation Ahavat Olam in Howell when the New Jersey Can-tors Concert Ensemble performed “Hallelu-

jah.” Over 150 people came out to hear their beauti-ful Cantorial voices. The Congregation Ahavat Olam “Shirron Junior Choir” led by Cantor Rabbi David Amar, also performed a variety of songs and accompa-nied the cantors.

Jewish Pop, Broadway, Soul and Rock melodies en-compassed the sanctuary with songs centered on the theme, Hallelujah. Those in attendance also enjoyed singing along to Hannukah songs and songs of Halle-lujah. A true feeling of joy and Yiddishkeit was felt by all.

The New Jersey Cantors Ensemble is the world’s very first choir of both men and women cantors. It is comprised of over 20 Conservative, Reform and Re-constructionist Cantors from synagogues in Northern and Central New Jersey. The Cantors donate their time, and the money raised from these concerts goes towards scholarships for the Cantorial Schools of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Hebrew Union Colle-

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PHOTO BY MILEN AMARThe New Jersey Cantors Ensemble also performed with the Congregation’s “Shirron Junior Choir,” led by Cantor Rabbi David Amar.

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December 28, 2012 - I’d like to share with you a speech given by Rabbi Eric Yoffie, recently retired President of the Union

of Reform Judaism:

“Is the need for sensible gun control a reli-gious issue? You bet it is.The indiscriminate distribution of guns is an offense against God and humanity.Controlling guns is not only a political mat-ter, it is a solemn religious obligation. Our gun-flooded society has turned weapons into idols, and the worship of idols must be recognized for what it is-blasphemy. And the only appropriate religious response to blasphemy is sustained moral outrage.Our legislators and the gun lobby want to blame everyone but themselves. The pro-blem, they say, is media violence: violent action films, gory horror flicks, violent computer games. And this is a deeply troubling problem. There is far too much violent entertainment, and it is very bad for

How.about.sensible.gun.control?

By Rabbi Kim S. GeringerCongregation Sha’arey Ha-YamManahawkin, N.J.

our children’s souls.But in Canada, Germany, Australia and Ja-pan, children watch the same movies and play the same computer games, and they don’t kill anyone afterward. Their children are not more religious than our children, and their parents are not better parents than we are. What distinguishes us from them is the prevalence of our guns, and the cowar-dliness of our politicians.Some say that the problem is young people with violent fantasies. Oh really? Young people everywhere have violent fantasies. Teaching teenagers to curb their angry im-pulses is a challenge for every parent and religious leader on the planet. But of all the developed countries, only in America is it possible for a disturbed teenager to get his hands so easily on such a terrifying array of weapons.And so we come here today to counter the cheap platitudes of our political season, and to help fill the moral void of our land.We come here with a voice loud and strong, intent on shattering the compla-cency of our lawmakers and arousing their dormant conscience.We are proud Americans, each and every one of us, and we know that we live in the greatest country on earth.But are we proud of the fact that our mur-der rate is 12 times higher than any advan-ced country?Are we proud of the fact that too many members of Congress pontificate on mora-lity and then do nothing while the carnage

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“Democracy is the worst form of government except all those others forms that have been

tried from time to time.” Winston Chur-chillRegardless of whom the President of the United States may be or the Prime Minister of Israel is at any given time, Israel and the United States are members of a small club of truly democratic countries. We elect our leaders openly and fairly, and respect the outcome of the process.We, here in the U.S., just went through a bruising political presidential season and election. No matter whom you voted for, when the dust settles we all respect the offi-ce of the president.Israel is currently nearing the end of its current election campaign. It is a country that also has deep political divides. Polling shows that there is an almost even split bet-

The.upcoming.Israeli.elections

ween those who support a group of Left leaning parties and those who support the Right. It appears, based on the latest surveys, that the upcoming vote will not fundamentally change that balance.Whoever emerges as the leader of the largest party in the Israeli Knesset will be, based on sixty plus years of prece-dent, Israel’s next Prime Minister. It will most likely take a few weeks for a coalition to emerge, but the next go-verning coalition of political parties and its leadership face a growing list of cha-llenges.Iran continues to pursue a nuclear op-tion. Given Jewish history, we can’t ig-nore their threat to “wipe Israel off the face of the earth”.The Israeli economy, which this far has continued its exceptional growth despi-te the world recession, is showing signs of slowing. There is a large increase in the projected government deficit for the next budget cycle, and unemployment is creeping up.There are deep divides in Israeli society on sharing the burden of defense more evenly among all citizens.There is a growing gap between the upper class and the poor and an eroding middle class. One third of all Israeli children live with food insecurity.

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continues in our streets and our homes?Are we proud of the fact that there are too many handguns in too many trigger-happy hands, while politicians remain deaf to the frightened cries of children?Are we proud of the fact that the House and Senate are awash in NRA cash, while the voice of the average American gets lost in the halls of Congress?And so let’s send a message today to those who represent us in Washington. And the message is this:We care deeply about this issue and we will hold you accountable.We are ready for a knock-down, drag-out, no-holds-barred battle against the NRA, which is the real criminals’ lobby in this country, and which is drenched in the blood of murdered children.True, we may not have the money of the NRA, but we’ve got savvy, grit, and pas-sion. And we’re going to find out who’s getting NRA funds, and benefiting from NRA ads, and we’re going to vote for the other guy.Until now, our moral outrage has been too feeble and our sense of injustice too timid, but we look at the mothers of the murdered and the maimed, and we say: Enough.I for one am filled with a fresh spirit of hope.Yes, all of this may seem daunting, but the tobacco lobbyists once seemed invincible, and look what happened to them.The American people, I believe, are ready for a leader who will take on the fanatics and support sensible gun control.We are not prisoners of our past. We are not doomed to relive history.We are here today, in such great numbers, because we are, all of us, partners with God in shaping a better and more hopeful future for all of God’s children.Thank you.”

Not really surprising, right? Many reli-gious leaders have preached and writ-ten similarly since the mass murder in Newtown, CT. What is very, very sad about this particular speech is where it was delivered - at the Million Mom March in Washington, DC – and when - on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2000. Twelve and a half years ago. What is so profoundly sad to me is that Rabbi Yoffie wouldn’t have had to write a new speech to give yester-day or last week or two weeks ago. What does this tell us? That regarding the proli-feration of lethal weapons in our society, nothing has changed in twelve and a half years. Well, actually, that’s not quite accu-rate. What has changed since then is the

number of children, women and men who are no longer alive – but who should be – because they were victims of gun violence since May 2000.Looking back, it was probably inevitable that sooner or later six and seven year old children would be murdered in their ele-mentary school. Why would we think that the horror of a gunman killing children would stop at the college, high school or even the middle school level? Try as we might, I don’t believe that we can even begin to comprehend the agony of the fa-milies of the victims. We look at the chil-dren in our own community - ours, those of our neighbors and friends, those whom we teach, those whom we love - and we know that they are precious to us beyond words. We cannot imagine what it would be like to lose them. Although there is a particular horror associated with the mass murder of young children, are the losses of their teachers any less profound to their families and loved ones? Or the losses of two firefighters who were murdered in upstate New York shortly after Newtown by a gunman wielding the very same semi-automatic assault rifle that was used to kill children and teachers. Or those killed in mass shootings at a Portland, Oregon mall, at a political rally in Arizona, on the cam-pus of Virginia Tech, at a movie theater in Aurora, CO… and on and on and on.As aghast as we all were about these events, the truth is, that that day at Sandy Hook Elementary School was - statistica-lly speaking - a normal day.• Thirteen children are fatally shot in this country every single day. The National School Boards Association estimates that more than 135,000 guns are brought into U.S. schools each day.• Nearly 100,000 Americans are shot each year and about 35,000 of them die.• The secondary costs associated with gun violence (judicial, medical, security) are estimated at $100 billion a year.• Since Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were murdered in 1968, more than a million Americans have been killed by guns.• Children aged 5 to 14 are 15 times more likely to be killed by guns in America than in other industrialized nations.• Of all children killed by guns in those in-dustrialized nations, 87 percent are Ameri-can children.• There have been five mass shootings sin-ce 2008, three of them since this past July.• More Americans get killed by guns every six months than have died in Afghanistan, Iraq, and every terrorist attack in the last 25 years combined.According to the Brady Center, people who keep a gun at home are 4.5 times more likely to be shot by it themselves than to deter an intruder. Nancy Lanza, the mother of the Newtown shooter, and his first victim, is a case in point. Her weapons did not prepare her to defend against the

worst. They prepared her to be destroyed by the worst - along with her neighbors and 20 small children.Most of us have heard these or similar numbers before, and after awhile the sta-tistics become mind numbing. What many of us are less familiar with is what our own Jewish tradition has to teach us about these matters. Let me share just a few texts with you. First and foremost, Jewish tradition pla-ces primary emphasis on the sanctity and value of human life. The Torah teaches us unequivocally in the 6th commandment, “You shall not murder.” It doesn’t say, “You shall not kill.” Our tradition is rea-listic, we are not a pacifist religion, and we recognize that at certain times, mostly for self-defense, there may be no alternative to killing. That’s different than murder. The thrust of our tradition is to uphold life at al-most all cost. From the Talmud, “The one who takes one life, it is as though he has destroyed the universe, and the one who saves one life is as though he has saved the universe.” The prophet Isaiah is credited with the famous exhortation, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” So repugnant is suffering and needless death in Judaism, that Jewish concern about this isn’t limited to human beings. We have a mitzvah, ba’al taschit, which is a prohibition on causing

suffering to a living animal; this is, by the way, why Judaism has never endorsed the hunting of animals for sport. In the 12th century, the great sage Maimonides ex-plained, “We are commanded to remove all obstacles and sources of danger from all places in which we live.” He went on, “In like manner, it is obligatory to remove and to guard against every obstacle which constitutes a threat to life or limb, taking exceeding great care in this matter.” Fur-ther, he said, “We are forbidden to leave obstacles or hindrances on private or pu-blic property, so as not to cause fatal acci-dents.” As Jews, our mission to the world has always included the obligations of rodeph shalom, actively pursuing peace, and tikkun olam, repairing the world. The organization of Reform congregations, the URJ, has spoken out against gun violence and in favor of sensible gun regulation sin-ce 1975 and has adopted many resolutions about this. (For more information go to www.urj.org or www.rac.org.)Americans, Jews included, do have diffe-ring views about what they believe should be the extent and limits of gun regulation. I went to the Million Mom March in 2000 when Rabbi Yoffie spoke, along with many other religious leaders. Shortly before the march, its organizers issued this press re-lease: “While we acknowledge that guns

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may be necessary for hunting, law enforcement, and national security, the proliferation of fi-rearms intended for one purpose only - killing another human be-ing - has become untenable. We, the mothers, call on Congress to enact commonsense gun legis-lation by Mother’s Day 2000. Come May 14, we mothers will go to Washington, DC, either to celebrate the passage of sensible legislation or to protest bipartisan inaction.” Well, we know what happened. Basically nothing!But if we Jews are anything, we’re tenacious. We don’t give up. We keep trying to make this a better, safer, more just world. In this, we are inspired by Elie Wiesel who said “There may be a time when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”Through our Washington, DC ad-vocacy office, the Religious Ac-tion Center, the Reform Move-ment continues to advocate for:1. Background checks both at

gun retailers and gun shows and a limitation on gun pur-chases to one per month per person in order to reduce for-profit gun trafficking.

2. Making serial numbers on weapons harder to erase.

3. Requiring a 28-day waiting period and the testimony of two character witnesses in order to buy a handgun, fo-llowing the successful Cana-dian gun control example.

4. Investing in new technologies such as “smart guns” that can be fired only when near a se-parate wristband or after a fin-

gerprint scan.5. Annual re-licensing of all we-

apons, just like we relicense drivers and their cars.

6. Banning automatic and semi-automatic assault weapons with high-capacity maga-zines that allow shooters to fire scores of bullets without reloading, thus causing maxi-mum deaths.

7. Pressuring members of the House and Senate to forgo acceptance of gun lobby cam-paign money. Urge politicians to publicly state they will not accept campaign contribu-tions from the National Rifle Association until it formally supports banning assault we-apons and rapid-fire rifles.

Speaking at a memorial for the dead of Newtown, President Obama said that God had called them home. Do you think those words bring comfort to the fami-lies who will never see their chil-dren again, never see them grow up, never see them . . . (you can fill in the rest)? That language did not speak to me. It is not my theology. Earlier that same day, New York City Mayor Bloom-berg on “Meet the Press” made it clear that words are nice, but it is action we need. I agree. Short of that, the only alternative we all have is to try and live in the safest neighborhoods we can afford and hope that it doesn’t happen to us.I can’t believe that we can’t do better than that.Honestly, I don’t know why so many Americans feel the need to own not just guns but military-style assault weapons, and why politicians in turn feel the need to brag about expanding access to guns. It’s hard to imagine how guns could be any more ac-

cessible than they already are. I recently read that the manufactu-rers of LADDERS are subject to more safety restrictions than ma-nufacturers of guns.As more and more states make owning and carrying a gun easier, more lives are going to be destro-yed. Eight states now allow guns in bars. Louisiana allows them in churches. In Missouri it’s legal to carry a gun while you’re drunk. In Kansas you can carry your we-apon in K-12 schools. The day before the Newtown shooting, Michigan’s legislature passed sweeping legislation allowing people to bring guns into schools, classes, dorms, and stadiums.The standard-issue excuse is that there are always going to be cra-zy people, and stricter gun laws won’t prevent them from attac-king. Yes. But stricter laws will prevent those attacks from being so deadly. There are violent video games, gory movies and sick, evil people all over the world, but no other country has gun death sta-tistics like we do. The difference is the proliferation and easy ac-cess to lethal weapons. The same day as the massacre in Newtown, a deranged man attacked a school in China. Twenty-two children were injured, but not one was killed because the assailant was armed with a knife, not a gun. That was bad, no doubt, but be-ing attacked with a knife is a lot better than being attacked with an assault rifle.Other countries have very strict gun laws, and their citizens are appalled at what they see here in the United States. They’re right to be. That should be cause for great shame.This last month, millions of Americans traveled to see their loved ones for the holidays, but

for 30,000 of them, this will have been their last holiday season. We know that they won’t be here to ring in 2014 because between now and then they’ll be victims of gun violence.I end with this piece, written the week of the Newtown massacre by my colleague, Rabbi James Stone Goodman. Its title is Vidui: Confession:“I settled into silence, into the heart of grief mourning for the dead and the living dead. After three days, I got up.We have failed every single dream and fine idea that was planted in me and in my genera-tion when I was young, and I ac-cept responsibility.Part of the world I am; sacrificing

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every fine young/old idea that I was given or I thought through myself. I can’t bear to hear ano-ther cliché or partial solution to perceived problems.We are undone.We should all be in deep mour-ning for what we as a people failed to be, and unless we look deep into the mirror of our cultu-re and claim its reclamation and repair, we dedicate the future to the same failed set of ideas we in-herited and neglected to fix.We are sacrificing our children now to our sorry promises and hollow, empty language.Enough.Better, more, smarter.”

The role of religion in daily life and who has the authority to set norms in a society where the vast majority of Jews define them-selves as Jewish but secular, yet many issues that affect Israelis are governed by an Orthodox minority.While ninety percent of Israelis would welcome a true and las-ting peace, in a Middle East that is radicalizing the question of who on the other side can make peace, and what can and cannot be risked in exchange, deeply divides Israelis.The upcoming elections will offer Israelis an opportunity to have their say on these and other issues. Israeli radio is running public service ads that encourage people to vote. “If you don’t vote, you have no say.” It appears Israelis have a great deal riding on this election. The question remains, will politics be different after the votes are counted?

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improving relationships in the New yearHealthy relationships are built on com-promise. It takes work on each person’s part to make sure there is a reasonable exchange. It is all right to have strong opinions and convictions, but your partner deserves to be heard as well. Keep the focus on the current issue wi-thout bringing in old arguments. You are more likely to get your needs met if you respect what your partner needs and compromise when you can. Con-flicts within a relationship are inevita-ble but to keep a relationship strong, both people need to feel heard and their opinion valued.

5. Expect ups and downs: It is important to recognize that there are ups and downs in every relationship. Sometimes one

partner may be struggling with an issue that causes stress, and other problems may affect both partners making it difficult for them to relate to each other. People cope with stress differently, and misunderstandings can rapidly turn to frustration and anger. If you are coping with a lot of stress, it might seem easier and acceptable to vent with your part-ner and even safer to snap at him or her. Unfortunately, this type of fighting may allow for a release, and it can slowly poison your relationship. Remember you are a team and allow for the time to work through differences. The fle-xibility and openness to working toge-ther allows a couple to grow together through both good times and bad.

ge-Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Academy for Jewish Religion. Cantor/Associate Rabbi David Amar of Congre-gation Ahavat Olam is a member of this illustrious group and was instrumental

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in bringing the group to the synagogue.Following the concert delicious refresh-ments, prepared by the Sisterhood, were enjoyed by all. It was a joyous way to end a very joyous holiday.

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Shlomi Kofman, Israeli Deputy Consul General in New York vi-sited Trenton on December 13, 2012, to further Israel’s relation-

ship with the State of New Jersey. With the assist of the NJ State Association of Jewish Federations, a full day of meetings was scheduled for the consular officer with the Governor’s Office staff and leadership of the NJ Legislature.“The State Association was pleased to open the doors for Deputy Consul Kofman to the state’s major decision makers and to facilitate his outreach effort to tell Israel’s story,” stated Jacob Toporek, the State Association’s Executive Director.The New York consulate has jurisdiction in the tri-state area, Connecticut, New York and North and Central New Jersey, down to Mercer County and the capital city of Trenton.

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Deputy Consul Kofman’s itinerary first took him to meet Governor Christie’s Chief Counsel Charles McKenna and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Deborah Gramic-cioni. Chief of Staff for Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, Melissa Orsen, also participa-ted in the discussions. The Lt. Governor, in her dual capacity as Secretary of State, has authority over the NJ-Israel Commission.“It is important to continue to foster good relations with the Governor’s Office,” no-ted Kofman. “The Governor’s trip to Is-rael, for which we are grateful, certainly bolstered the state to state connection. In order to build on the trip and Governor Christie’s expressed support for the NJ-Israel connection, these meetings and con-tinued cooperation are the key.”The Deputy Consul related to Chief Coun-sel McKenna the concern of the people of Israel for the devastation to New Jersey caused by Hurricane Sandy. McKenna acknowledged that the road to recovery

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member of the Congre-gation and Sisterhood Treasurer. Her cottage, where many of us have gathered over the years for holiday meals, was heavily damaged in the storm. All of her pos-sessions sat outside of her home in a wet heap (they were able to save the Sisterhood records, something that was of great concern to her). We were all worried that she would not be able to return to LBI from California where she spends her winters. Rosie made it clear this is her home and that she would, with the help of

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By Rose ValentinePast President of the JCC of LBI

In the days after Sandy hit our island and the surrounding mainland, our congregants tried to determine how their homes had fared. Some of them

found their homes secure and with little damage, others were faced with the daun-ting task of restoring their homes and bu-sinesses.For many of our members, their second concern was for the new JCC of LBI buil-ding. They saw the email sent out of the side of the building with the water up to the top of the mailbox (see photo on right). Once back onto the island, we were able to report that, except for exterior cleanup, the building came through the storm uns-cathed.

Where was everyone? How were their homes? News about when we could get back on the island, where help could be found for restoration and cleanup and other important information, was sent out to members by the JCC email several ti-

JCC.of.LBI:.A.beacon.of.light.after.‘Sandy’

24th Street looking towards the bay

JCC of LBI following the cleanup of the grounds

mes a week. We were able to at least stay connected electronically.In the weeks that followed, residents be-gan to return to their homes to start the cleanup. Many had stayed at friends or re-latives, or in shelters and motels. It was a fretful time. Houses were off their founda-

tions and there was sand, sometimes many feet high, everywhere. Along the streets, sidewalks were filled with black garbage bags, mattresses, couches, wall board, in-

sulation, and other debris.In the days that followed, many volunteers from around the country offered their help. A group of volunteers from the Ocean County and Greater MetroWest Jewish Fe-deration came to the island with rakes and brooms to help restore the grounds around the synagogue and cleanup the debris in the garage of the rabbi’s residence. Now that our building was secure, the doors of the JCC of LBI were opened one wee-kend to welcome the many volunteers who came from Pennsylvania, Delaware and Northern New Jersey to help clean up our island. Over 100 people enjoyed a warm

place to rest, food to fill their empty stoma-chs and a place to freshen up.On November 30th, five weeks after the storm, we held our first Friday night Sha-bbat Service. It was quite a reunion. The following week, the office returned to the building from its temporary site on the mainland and on December 9th, Chanukah was celebrated with latkes, gift exchanges and the lighting of menorahs. We were back in business.


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November 27, 2012 was a sad day for the members of the Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island. Our be-

loved rabbi, Jacob S. Friedman, fondly known as “Rabbi Jack”, passed away.In the ten years that Rabbi Jack was our spiritual leader, the congregation has seen much growth under his guidance. We are now a congregation of 300 families, wor-shipping in a beautiful, new building. He understood the uniqueness of our com-munity: a congregation made up mostly of summer residents but with a core of full-time families living on the island and surrounding mainland and with congre-gants of varied backgrounds and religious experiences. He embraced those differen-ces and everyone was made to feel welco-me. He lent his experience to the “Rebuild Committee,” making suggestions and

Dear.Editor.and.Members.of.the.Ocean.County.Jewish.Community,

recommendations, and we know how proud he was of what was accomplished.Rabbi Jack will be greatly missed here on Long Beach Island, not just by his congregants but by the clergy and pa-rishioners of the churches he worked with over the years. He will be missed by the children of our congregation, who knew him as their rabbi and by the many congregants who were inspired by his writings, sermons and very special “sto-ries.”Our hearts go out to his wife, Ali, and their family at this time. They will always be a part of the JCC family.Sincerely,

The Board of Trustees of the Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island

But… it is not surprising that some folks believe that the end IS co-ming! Storms, Hurricanes, Tor-nados, Tsu Namis: destruction of

homes and schools, all of this coupled with deranged humans running around with we-apons, shooting people in our schools, mo-vie theaters, even in our Police Stations, and on our streets, in our neighborhoods: “Random Murder!”As if this is not enough; the Air we breathe is polluted, the Earth is warming and Shore Lines are diminishing!What are we doing about it? For the most part we are placing band aids on “Broken arms and Legs”.Don’t misunderstand, not everyone is “cra-zy”! Most of us common-folk rise to the aid of our neighbors. Our country’s popu-lation, regardless of their ethnicity or their faith be they Christian, Jewish, or Islamic, be they Mexican, Chinese, European, or

NO!.The.world.didn’t.end.on.December.21st

Eastern, continue to assist those in need; - those who have suffered the Natural and Human tragic destruction of their families and of their surroundings.Good people will always be good people! Just like fresh eggs; brown, white, or blue, once the shell is removed… an egg is still an egg!NO! The world didn’t end on December 21st.Let’s do everything in our power to see to it that our country’s problems are overco-me so that as a nation we can contribute to the betterment of the world!

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We hope everyone is having a good start to a very good year and thinking about

your commitment to Hadassah. No effort is too small. We need your help and support.After the horrendous happening in Newtown, Connecticut, we are advising our membership and The Village, that you can plant a tree in the Children’s Forest, in Israel, in memory of the murdered chil-dren. The trees are $15.00 each, and Roz Hochhauser, 732-408-1307, will be delighted to send the certificates. Tress will also be sold at our January luncheon on Sunday, January 27.Shirley Kirschbaum, 732-657-6042, is eagerly awaiting your call for the Atlantic City Bus on February 12. Many of our mem-bers enjoy Atlantic City with va-rious organizations in The Villa-

ge. How about sharing the ‘joy’ and your participation by going with us some of the time?S.O.S. We need a couple of our wonderful members to pitch in and handle the Cards as well at the Certificates. Eve Blum and Fran Polack have done an ex-ceptional job for a long time and needed to step down. Call one of our Presidents to volunteer and get the information as to how this is handled. It is a great way to do something for Hadassah from the comfort of your own home.Please watch the news and the creeper for our terrific cruise, December 3-11, 2013, on the Carnival Splendor to Florida and the Bahamas, leaving from New York City. All information will be distributed at our January lun-cheon. You can contact Melanie Romaglio, your personal travel planner, 732-657-4255 / [email protected]. This is a first class event with wonderful pri-cing. What a nice getaway in the

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With less than a month to go before Knesset elections, Israel’s candida-

tes are getting down to the wire and the pressure to get votes is on. Despite Avigdor Lieberman’s current legal troubles, Bibi’s right wing Likud-Beiteinu coa-lition remains in the lead. And while Livni struggles to unite the center-left, Israel’s Labor Party is making surprising gains in the polls. However, a voter swing towards Israel’s religious parties may render the final decision when it comes to the makeup of the country’s next Knesset.As Avigdor Lieberman awaits a speedy trial over allegations of fraud and breach of trust, his

The.cauldron.begins.to.boil!israel - Politics as usual Part 2

coalition partner Bibi Netanyahu is busy solidifying his right-wing base on issues of national securi-ty. According to the latest Israeli Channel 10 poll, Likud-Beiteinu stands to reap 35 seats (out of a possible 120) in the upcoming election. However, with a parlia-mentary system that almost gua-rantees the formation of a coali-tion, there are no guarantees that Bibi will remain Prime Minister.The latest rumblings of discon-tent are coming from the Israeli religious community. HaBayit HaYehudi, United Torah Judaism, and Shas are traditionally seated in the right-wing of parliament. However, these ultra-Orthodox parties are weighing their politi-cal options as they look to defend welfare subsidies and keep Hare-

di students out of the IDF.This past week, Israeli newspa-per Yedioth Ahronoth reported on claims being made in the ultra-Or-thodox press that these parties will unite to put pressure on Likud-Beiteinu to maintain the status quo. Should Bibi’s party seek to lower state welfare payments or change regulations regarding re-quired military service for reli-gious students, the religious bloc may look across the aisle for coa-lition partners. A united Haredi bloc, the [Orthodox] paper war-ned, “Could, for instance, strike a deal with Livni (Hatnuah) and Yachimovich (Labor) and crown them prime ministers by rotation. There’s nothing wrong with that.”Rumors have made it past the press. Netanyahu has openly

acknowledged the pressure co-ming from the religious bloc, pressure that has been confirmed by Interior Minister, and one of three Shas party leaders, Eli Yi-shai. The Jerusalem Post quoted Yishai’s desire for Bibi to form a coalition with the center-left: “Having them in the government will help Israel avoid internatio-nal pressure.”Israeli paper Haaretz reported on another Shas leader, Aryeh Deri, who said “…he would recom-mend the ultra-Orthodox party’s Council of Torah Sages not join a government that would cut wel-fare, education and health servi-ces without reducing the defense budget.” Naftali Bennett, the up-and-coming face of the religious Zionist party HaBayit HaYehudi

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Tel Aviv, January 7, 2013 - He brought unprecedented attention to the plight of Soviet Jewry. He stood up to the KGB. He survived

nine years in Siberia. He served in Israel’s fractious government.Now, Natan Sharansky is facing his next challenge: finding a solution to the growing battle over women’s prayer restrictions at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site.In recent months, Diaspora Jewish acti-vists have grown increasingly incensed by the arrests and detention of women seeking to pray publicly at the site in keeping with their religious practices – but in violation of the rules of the wall under which wo-men may not sing aloud, wear tallit prayer shawls or read from the Torah.The controversy threatens to drive a wedge between Diaspora Jewry, where egalitarian prayer is common, and Israel, which has upheld Orthodox rules at the wall, also known as the Kotel. American Jewish

can Natan Sharansky fix the Western Wall?

leaders in the United States say the rules alienate Reform and Conservative Jews. Within Israel, too, the wall has become a flashpoint for non-Orthodox religious activists and the Kotel’s haredi Orthodox leadership.Two weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Sharansky,

chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, to look into the controversy and propose solutions. The question is whether the for-mer refusenik leader and human rights ad-vocate can resolve a dispute that pits Jew against Jew.“Will it happen through Sharansky?” as-ked Anat Hoffman, chairwoman of Wo-men of the Wall, a group that organizes monthly women’s services at the Kotel. “That I doubt, but I’m willing to give him a chance. Sharansky will understand how much traction this issue has.”Hoffman was arrested in October for wea-ring a tallit at the site, and several more of the group’s members have been detained at subsequent services.Sharansky declined to comment on the issue until he gives his recommendations, but activists on both sides of the issue say the gaps between the site’s leadership and pluralism advocates may be too wide for Sharansky to bridge.Shmuel Rabinowitz, the wall’s chief rab-bi, would like to maintain the status quo, where men and women are separated by a partition and only men may wear tallit and tefillin and convene a minyan prayer quorum with Torah reading. Hoffman and her allies have proposed alternatives that involve the religious streams sharing time and space in the Kotel Plaza, with each praying according to its own precepts.Hoffman says her minimum demand is for women to receive one hour at the begin-ning of every Jewish month -- excluding Rosh Hashanah -- when they can pray as a group with tallit and tefillin, and read the Torah. Ideally, Hoffman says she would want the Kotel’s partition between men and women to be removed for several hours each day so that women and egali-tarian groups can pray there undisturbed, but she acknowledges that such a scenario has virtually no chance of being approved by Rabinowitz.Other activists say the solution lies in adding a partition rather than removing one. Yizhar Hess, the CEO and executive director of the Israeli Conservative move-ment, Masorti, advocates dividing the Ko-tel Plaza into three sections: one for men, one for women and one for egalitarian groups. Hess also told JTA that he would like to see the rear section of the plaza ope-ned to cultural activities such as concerts and dancing, which are prohibited now.“There are many egalitarian groups who come to the wall and view it as the peak of their emotional and spiritual experience in Israel,” said Uri Regev, a Reform rabbi who runs Hiddush, an Israeli religious plu-

ralism nonprofit. “The fact that they can’t express that spiritual experience in a spiri-tual way is a missed opportunity.”According to a 2003 Israeli Supreme Court ruling, non-Orthodox and women’s prayer groups can pray at Robinson’s Arch, an archaeological park adjacent to the Kotel Plaza where an admission fee is required. Regev suggested that Sharansky may re-commend improvements to Robinson’s Arch, including an expanded prayer area and free admission for prayer groups.That may be the maximum compromise that Rabinowitz would make.“I think what’s happening today at the Kotel is the best for all viewpoints of the world,” Rabinowitz told JTA. “No one gets exactly what they want -- not haredim and not Women of the Wall. If someone thinks they can bring something better, I’d love to hear it.”Rabinowitz declined to comment on time- or space-sharing proposals.Meanwhile, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which controls the Kotel, an-nounced recently that women are no lon-ger allowed to bring tallit or tefillin into the Kotel Plaza.The Prime Minister’s Office, one official there told JTA, hopes Sharansky will bring to bear his “unique experience and abilities in serving as a bridge for all streams wi-thin the Jewish people” as he approaches the problem.One potential bridge between Rabinowitz and Hoffman are Modern Orthodox rabbis who believe both in Orthodoxy and plura-lism.The Kotel “is a holy place, but needs to belong to all of Israel,” said Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, who co-founded the Modern Or-thodox rabbis’ organization Tzohar. Cher-low says he isn’t throwing his backing behind any particular solution but that a time-sharing arrangement may work.Daniel Goldman, chairman of the reli-gious-secular nonprofit Gesher, says the only way to reach a compromise is to find figures who occupy middle ground who can foster some sort of accord.“If Natan Sharansky could broaden the people involved in that debate beyond Ra-bbi Rabinowitz and Women of the Wall, it’s possible to use this issue to create a more constructive dialogue,” Goldman said. “If you get Anat Hoffman and Rabbi Rabinowitz in a room, it’s quite obvious and clear that there will be no compromise solution.”

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ort Uruguay’s Astonishing Successting easier,” she said.Emblems of the university’s seemingly inexorable rise were on display last month as World ORT Director General and CEO, Robert Singer, made his first visit there in four years.In a whistle-stop tour of the campus, Mr. Singer saw samples of the work done by undergraduates of Latin America’s only Animation and Videogames degree cour-se, and met the continent’s first group of Chinese exchange students to learn here under a landmark agreement signed with Harbin Normal University. Also on dis-play were first-hand insights into the uni-que contribution to Uruguayan economic development made by the university’s biotechnology department. Then Mr. Sin-ger attended the formal inauguration of the new library serving the architecture, ma-nagement, economics and international re-lations departments at the Pocitos campus.“Being aware of the extraordinary develo-pment which ORT Uruguay University has undergone cannot prepare you for seeing

the results with your own eyes. Theirs has been an astonishing achievement in in-troducing new, innovative and productive learning, research and capability of a high, and increasing, quality to the benefit of Uruguay in particular and South America as a whole,” World ORT Representative in Latin America Isidoro Gorodischer said.Mr. Singer was particularly impres-sed on meeting a group of 45 students from China’s Harbin Normal University who are near the end of a two-year stint learning Spanish at ORT, the result of Uruguay’s first international student ex-change program. The students made a pre-sentation, in English, of their hometown’s Jewish history – it was once home to some 15,000 Russian Jews and was where for-mer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s parents found sanctuary after they escaped persecution in Ukraine and Russia.“This program could be a bridge bet-ween Uruguay and China and between the Jewish people and the Chinese people,” Mr. Singer told the group.During his stay in Montevideo, Mr. Singer met the Israeli Ambassador, Dori Goren, the President of the Central Jewish Com-mittee of Uruguay, Roberto Cyjon, and the President of ORT Uruguay, Rafael Rosen-berg.Uruguay’s Minister for Education and Culture, Dr. Ricardo Ehrlich, also took the opportunity to meet with Mr. Singer. Dr Ehrlich was at ORT Uruguay in 2010 for the inauguration of the university’s first degree course in biotechnology, a pionee-ring development which required signifi-cant public investment in the creation of a suitably equipped laboratory.The biotechnology department currently has four on-going funded research projects,

three of them undertaken in collaboration with leading biotech companies, and has built close links with world-class scientists such as Peter Leadlay, research group lea-der of the Department of Biochemistry of Cambridge University, and Frank Schulz, leader of a study group at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology.Exciting work is also being done by stu-dents at the digital animation department, the only one of its kind in South America. The department benefits from a collabo-ration agreement ORT Uruguay reached with the prestigious California Institute of the Arts in 2009.“These are emblematic of our success,” said ORT Uruguay University Rector, Dr. Jorge Grunberg. “Biotech and digital ani-mation are completely new disciplines for Uruguay and highly exceptional in Latin America. They illustrate our strategy: not to duplicate degrees that others offer, such as law, but to innovate.”An export-oriented agricultural sector con-tributes 10 percent of Uruguayan Gross Domestic Product, but the value of these commodities could be increased with the application of biotechnological expertise.“There is nothing wrong with being an agricultural producer if you work at the high value end of the market,” Dr. Grun-berg said. “If you have the best vaccines, the best seeds, the best technology for trackable cattle collars and for genetically modified food, that’s where the value is... Biotechnology has a future: it can become an export industry in its own right in the medium to long term.”Digital animation is key to an ever increa-sing number of economically significant

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Zingerman’s DelicatessenHamentaschenThe Jewish holiday Purim brings Ha-mentaschen – the traditional, three-cor-nered pastry pockets stuffed with sweet filling such as prune, apricot, strawbe-rry, fig, or any sort of preserves you prefer.Crust:2/3 cup plus 4 teaspoons butter, at room temperature1/2 cup sugar1 large egg1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract2 1/2 cups preserves (any type)Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.In a large bowl, cream the butter and su-gar together at medium speed using an electric mixer. Add the egg and vanilla and combine well. Stir in the flour a litt-le at a time. Using your hands, mix the flour and the wet ingredients until the dough forms. Shape the dough into a ball. Separate the ball into 4 parts. Set 1 piece of the dough onto a lightly floured surface, then cover the other 3 pieces with a clean kitchen towel.Working with 1 portion of dough at a time, roll out the dough thinly, about 1/8-inch, and cut out 4 1/2-inch rounds. Set them aside or on an ungreased ba-king sheet. Take the leftover scraps of dough and re-roll; continue re-rolling and cutting rounds until all of the do-ugh is used. Place a rounded tablespoon of preserves in the center of each round and fold the dough over the filling toward the center, pinching the dough together where it meets to form a trian-gle with a small opening in the center.Bake the Hamentaschen on an ungrea-sed baking sheet for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden. Remove them from the baking sheet and let them cool on cooling rack.Note: For variety, instead of preserves, for the filling use 3 ounces (handma-de non-vegetable gum) cream cheese, found in specialty stores, mixed with 2 1/2 teaspoons honey.Serves 15 (15 Hamentaschen)Article courtesy of America’s Great Delis: Reci-pes and Traditions from Coast to CoastBy Sheryll BellmanPublished by Sellers Publishing, Inc.

IN.MEMORYSheldon Wol-pin, known as Mr. Lakewood for his encyclopedic knowledge of and deep affection for his home town, died Monday, December 17, 2012, after a

long illness surrounded by his family. He was 89.A life-long resident of Lakewood, Wol-pin was chairman of the Lakewood He-ritage Commission for most of its 25 year existence and led the effort to es-tablish a permanent township historical museum. The Sheldon Wolpin Lakewo-od Historical Museum, located in the former Newman Prep School in Pine Park, is due to open this year.He was also the long-time owner of Wolpin’s Furniture Store in Lakewo-od and Wolpin’s Carriage House in Howell.Wolpin was born April 6, 1923, in Paul Kimball Hospital in Lakewood to Max and Pauline. His father emigrated to the Lakewood area in the early 1900s and made a living initially as a peddler of dry goods before opening a furni-ture and appliance store in downtown Lakewood.A graduate of Lakewood High School in 1940, Wolpin earned an associates’ degree from Monmouth Junior College (now Monmouth University). He en-listed in the Navy at the start of World War II, rising to the rank of lieutenant junior grade. In 1949, he married Edith Keizerstein.Wolpin ran the family furniture busi-ness for 33 years, first at his father’s downtown Lakewood location before opening Wolpin’s Carriage House in Howell Township in 1968.After retirement, Wolpin dedicated his life to preserving the rich heritage of his home town. Wolpin chaired the Lakewood High School All-Class Re-union during Lakewood’s Centennial Celebration in 1992. He was a mem-ber of the board of the Lakewood High School Alumni Association and was instrumental in the publication of the high school’s Alumni Directory. He was inducted into the Lakewood High School Hall of Fame in 2002.He and his wife Edith also conducted monthly historical tours of Lakewood for many years. Wolpin also served as chair of the retail division of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Lakewood Rotary


would be difficult and long but apprecia-ted hearing the sentiments expressed by Kofman.Toporek, who accompanied Kofman for the various meetings, indicated that the meetings provided an opportunity for the Deputy Consul to talk about Israel’s rela-tions with its neighbors, the recent Gaza confrontation, the country’s homeland security, water conservation, high tech accomplishments, and NJ-Israel trade.“It certainly meant a lot to maintaining the various levels of partnership that NJ and Israel now share. There was an offer by Deputy Consul Kofman to share with our state and its government officials the lessons learned and advances made by Israel, and to work together in the futu-re,” Toporek stated.Also topping the agenda was the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Ko-fman asked that the Governor’s Office and the legislature do more to restrict Iran’s ability to conduct business in the U.S. and in New Jersey.Senate President Stephen Sweeney (Glo-ucester), who was the prime sponsor of recently enacted Iran sanctions for the state, reiterated his support for the stand

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against Iran, “Anything we can do to stop Iran should be pursued. It is impor-tant to make a statement to let people know with whom we stand.” Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg joi-ned Senator Sweeney for the Kofman meeting.Louis Greenwald (Camden), the Ma-jority Leader of the General Assembly, met separately with Kofman. “The le-gislature would be pleased to open lines of communication with the consulate and would work with the State Associa-tion on any new proposals for sanctions on Iran,” Greenwald told Kofman.Senator Majority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. (Union) and Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (Union) hosted the De-puty Consul for a roundtable discussion with Republican Senate and Assembly leadership. Attending were Senators Anthony Bucco (Morris) and Ray Ba-teman (Somerset), Assembly members Donna Simon (Mercer) and Scott Ru-mana (Bergen), Richard Wright, Exe-cutive Director of the State General As-sembly Republican Caucus, and James Harkness, Executive Director of the Se-nate Republican Office.

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Livni has not given up on forming a center-left coalition, stating, “We should force Netanyahu to either form a national unity go-vernment with all our parties on the basis of what we believe in or a narrow, right-wing extremist government that will not last.”With polls predicting Hatnuah earning a meager 7 seats and Yesh Atid pulling 10, it would appear that both parties need the united support of Labor’s po-lled 17 seats if they hope to be a reckoning force within the new Knesset.Conflicting reports indicate that Yachimovich is neither for nor against serving in a Netanyahu government. Although one cu-rrent report had the Labor lea-der refusing to join a Netanyahu coalition, declaring that Labor would rather present an effective opposition in the Knesset. With younger candidates Itzik Shmuli and Stav Shaffir bringing their social protest leadership to the ticket, Labor’s socioeconomic

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platform promises to hit home with Israel’s voters. According to the latest The Times of Israel poll of likely voters, economic issues top the list of concerns. 43% of those polled placed Israel’s eco-nomy ahead of both the Palesti-nians and Iran. The Jerusalem Post reports that “…if Labor gets 25 mandates, President Shimon Peres could ask her (Yachimo-vich) to form the government instead of Netanyahu.”Like any other national election, the Israeli elections have their share of fun and games. A la New York’s the “Rent Is Too Damn High” party, the Israeli elections boast a “Pirate” party whose pla-tform includes “the right to pla-giarize and sail the high seas.” Other parties include a joint party of Ethiopian and Indian Jewish immigrants, and a party based in the charismatic Hassidic mo-vement famous to Birthrighters as the guys who start impromptu dance parties out of their van in Jerusalem.One element of the Israeli elec-tions that many American voters can appreciate is the limited tele-vision commercial airtime given

to Israel’s political parties. Two weeks prior to the election, parties are given a government subsidy to produce on-air advertisements. Short and sweet, these ads are blocked together and air in one single nightly segment.This year’s ads have included one from Shas portraying Likud-Beiteinu as the party willing to give anyone, even a shiksa, an easy conversion, and a spot featuring Labor’s Yachimovich highlighting the contents of her refri-gerator as she prepares dinner for her family. The Central Election Commit-tee has already banned a number of the advertisements, including one from Ba-lad party portraying a cartoonish belly dancing Lieberman singing Hatikvah in what some have called a “disrespectful” manner.Above all, every party encourages the Israeli public to vote. With only 65% of the electorate turning out in 2009, politicians have made a strong effort to campaign for the sheer act of voting – especially if it is for their side of the aisle. Tzipi Livni took her battle for a center-left coalition to the airwaves, releasing an ad encouraging Israelis to vote for any centrist party in order to keep Netanyahu and his “extreme right-wing” out of power.

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Club since 1946, serving as its president from 1978-79. He was twice named Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. He has been a member of the boards of directors of the Ocean County Center for the Arts (Strand Theater) and the Kimball Community Health Center.Wolpin was a long-time member of the board of trustees for Lakewood’s Con-gregation Sons of Israel, serving as the synagogue’s Men’s Club president. As a member of the Jewish Federation of Ocean County, he chaired the Synagogue Division and worked on the Operation Exodus Campaign and the Israel 50th An-niversary Committee. He was an active member of the Federation’s Jewish Histo-rical Society, where he helped established its archive of Lakewood’s Jewish hotels and businesses.He also served in a variety of capacities with the Lakewood Jewish War Veterans Post #178. He and his wife Edith were honored by the State of Israel Bonds in 1995.He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Edith, daughters Ellen (Ron Cavalier) of East Haven, CT, Marilyn Wolpin (Paul Ellis) of Stamford, CT, sons Stewart

(Lizette Kodama) of New York City, and Richard (Sheryl) of Ocean, NJ, and one grandson, Matthew Ellis, a cousin Susan Post, sister-in-law Fay Kane, as well as many nieces and nephews.The funeral services were held at the Congregation Sons of Israel Holocaust Memorial Chapel, in Lakewood. Inter-ment followed at Mount Sinai Cemetery, Lakewood.In lieu of flowers, the family requests do-nations be made to the Lakewood Histo-rical Society, P.O. Box 654, Lakewood, NJ, 08701-0654,or the Robbins Feldstein Post #178, P.O. Box 1447, Lakewood, NJ, 08701.

Rabbi Jacob Fried-man, 79, of Lakewo-od, died Tuesday, No-vember 27, 2012, at Jersey Shore Univer-sity Medical Center, Neptune. Born and raised in Jersey City, Rabbi attended Rabbi

Jacob Joseph Rabbinical Seminary, New York; Yeshiva B’nel Akivah, Israel; Trinity University, Texas, and Indiana State Uni-versity, Pennsylvania and also received his Doctor of Divinity. He received s’micha and ordination in June of 1956. He served as Youth Advisor and Assistant to the Ra-bbi at Congregation Sons of Israel, Jersey City, he served as the Associate Rabbi at the congregation. He served as Rabbi at Congregation Knesseth Israel, Kittanning, PA 1958-1960, and then Rabbi at Con-gregation Tree of Life, Uniontown 1960-1965, and Temple Beth Torah in Ocean Township where he was the rabbi for 35 years. He then served as the Rabbi at the Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island for 10 years.Rabbi was active in many organizations, locally, nationally and internationally among them, UJA, Jewish Federation, Is-rael Bonds, Shore Area Board of Rabbis,

Solomon Schechter Academy, where he was Dean, Chaplain Jewish War Veterans Post 125 Asbury Park-Ocean, and Natio-nal Chaplain JWV, Chaplain for Wanamas-sa Police, Fire and First Aid. Rabbi Jacob and Alison were active during the Soviet Jewry Resettlement Program from 1988 to 1993. Through their effort, a soviet Jewish refusnik family gained their freedom in 1989. Through the years, Rabbi received many awards and honors and has been se-lected for inclusion in a number of directo-ries among American and Jewish citizens. Rabbi was the author of “From Slavery to Freedom” a Passover Haggadah for the American Jewish family. He has authored many High Holy Day sermon pamphlets, creative prayer books and wrote a weekly column on the portion of the week, “Let’s Learn Torah” that is used by many rabbis for their Shabbat morning Torah study.He is survived by his wife, Alison; 8 chil-dren, Anita and Scott, Raymond, Carol and Larry, Eric, David and Jessica, and Amy; 13 grandchildren, Rachel and Reid, Rebec-ca, Sage, Marc, Joseph, Benjamin, Ethan, Noah, Jordyn, Alexa, Justin and David; a sister, Betty and her husband Gus, and many loving nieces and nephews.The funeral services were held at Congre-gation Torat El, in Oakhurst.

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